Hamilton Bulldogs Game Thread: Bulldogs vs Ice Caps

Tonight, the Hamilton Bulldogs (10-12-1-2) take on the St. John's Ice Caps (13-15-0-1) at home. This will be the third of eight meetings between the teams, after splitting back to back games in St John's back in November. The Bulldogs are back at home after a short western road trip that saw them play 4 games in the Midwest, visiting Chicago, Rockford, Milwaukee and Peoria, while posting a 1-2-0-1 record on the trip. The Ice Caps are visiting Hamilton after losing 3-2 to the Adirondack Phantoms on Wednesday night.

Brendan Gallagher (8 goals, 8 assists) currently leads the Bulldogs with 16 points. Derek Meech (3 goals, 13 assists) leads the Ice Caps. Mike Blunden has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist) in his last 6 games and also scored the game winner on Saturday against the Ice Hogs, which also happened to be his birthday.

Tonight's game will be broadcast live on Sportsnet beginning at 7:30PM Eastern time.

Projected Bulldogs Lineup

Forwards

Michael Blunden - Patrick Holland - Brendan Gallagher
Stefan Chaput - Michael Bournival - Louis Leblanc
Gabriel Dumont - Steven Quailer - Darryl Boyce
Kyle Hagel - Joonas Nattinen - Zack Stortini

Defenseman

Frederic St-Denis - Brendon Nash
Jarred Tinordi - Mike Commodore
Nathan Beaulieu - Morgan Ellis

Goaltenders

Cedrick Desjardins
Robert Mayer

Notes:

• Nathan Beaulieu has 8 points (1 goal, 7 assists) in his past 8 games.
• Joonas Nattinen has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist) in his past 6 games.
• Michael Bournival has 5 pints (1 goal, 4 assists) in his past 6 games.
• Stefan Chaput scored his first 2 goals as a Bulldog on Tuesday in Peoria, and has 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists) in his past 4 games.